Christmas in the Mountains

So, is it too late to post about Christmas? Oh well, I'm doing it anyway. For Christmas this year, ALL of the Eichelbergers met up in Mt. Carmel to celebrate Christmas and the return of Debby and Jack from India. They got home to the states on December 20th and we all met in Southern Utah on the 23rd. We rented a cabin, all crammed in, and spent the holiday together as one giant family. It amazingly gorgeous there! Snow everywhere, cool cabins, and Zion was right next door. These icicles were right outside the room Ryan and I stayed in...coming off the roof on a big slab of snow.

Here is the inside living room area, with big huge windows and gorgeous views. That's Cindy, Ryan's sister holding Nikki's littlest, Alivia.
Same area as above, just from the opposite direction looking into the dining/kitchen area.
More outside...the front porch where the stairs from the front door are supposed to be, but instead a ton of snow and more icicles.
This was a typical scene while we were there. Ryan, and Cory playing xBox in the loft, and Tyson, our nephew patiently waiting for his turn. Good times.
Jack loved getting dressed up in snow clothes and walking around outside.

Although most of the time, the walking around turned into running away.


Tyson, Nikki's oldest making a snow angel.
This is of Alivia. She is just 4 or 5 months younger than Jack. She is very active and getting around really well, she can even climb out of the pack and play! She's just so little.
Not the best picture, but I wanted you guys to see how cute my Jack is in his Christmas PJ's.
This is Natalie, Nikki's second oldest. She is so feisty, fun, and very talkative. So cute!
So, we had a Christmas pinata from one of Ryan's extended family members. Jack wasn't really into the busting the thing open part, but he was all about it when there was candy all over the floor.
So, were Ryan and Cory
Like the suspended candy?

Christmas morning...Lily (Jen's oldest) and Natalie were having issues containing themselves, and were trying to figure out how to get into that princess present unnoticed.
Jack helped everyone open their presents. I think this one was Dusty's (the little guy in the front, Jen's newest addition).
Then he helped Alivia hammer the hedgehog, with his new Black & Decker hammer, don't worry it's plastic.
More snow time.
Ryan and I and Heather and Cory went in to Zion one afternoon, and it was so beautiful with snow. This is from my favorite hike there, I think it's called the Canyon Rim Trail right at the mouth of the big tunnel. It was a little sketchy with the snow on the ground, but worth the slips once you got to the end. This is in the middle of the hike...
This is at the end.

After Southern Utah, we drove down To Vegas to hang out with Cory, Heather, and Debby, and Jack some more. This the last night there we went out to dinner for Jack's Birthday, Grandpa Jack that is. Jack LOVED his Computer Grandparents! I think he definitely recognized them from all the times we talked on Skype while they were in India. We look forward to a lot more real time with them now that they are back home.